# Fellows (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fellows/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,948 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,469 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,846 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (7,745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Fellowes |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fellows in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fellows in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Fellows

- Edith Fellows, actress (1923-2011)
- Scott Fellows, American television producer
- Charles Fellows, British archaeologist (1799-1860)

## Similar surnames

Fells, Felix, Falk, Faulk, Fleck, Flick, Falls, Flagg, Flack, Folk, Feliz, Falco.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.